Islamabad/Peshawar, 12/10: At least 23 Pakistani soldiers and over 200 Taliban and affiliated terrorists were killed in intense overnight clashes along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, the Pakistani Army said on Sunday, as tensions escalated between the two neighbours amid mutual accusations of cross-border aggression. The statement comes amid Pakistan seizing 19 Afghan military posts and “terrorist…
Patna, 12/10: The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) finalised the seat-sharing deal for Bihar Assembly Elections on Sunday with BJP and JD(U) contesting on 101 seats each Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan made the announcement and wrote in a post on X that NDA allies have completed the distribution of seats in a cordial atmosphere. Chirag Paswan’s…
Kolkata, 12/10: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday made a problematic remark on the alleged gang-rape of a student of a private medical college in Paschim Bardhaman district. The CM said that “girls should not be allowed to go outside (college) at night as they also have responsibilities to protect themselves. While talking…
Washington DC, 12/10: Diane Keaton, the quirky US actress who won an Academy Award and captured hearts with her endearing performance as Woody Allen’s eccentric, insecure girlfriend in the 1977 romantic comedy “Annie Hall,” has died at the age of 79, People reported on Saturday ,citing a family spokesperson. A representative for Keaton could not…
New Delhi, 12/10: Senior Congress leader and former home minister P Chidambaram has said that the Operation Blue Star of June 1984 was a “mistake” and former prime minister Indira Gandhi “paid for it with her life.” Chidambaram was speaking at a discussion on journalist Harinder Baweja’s book They Will Shoot You, Madam, at the…
Srinagar, 12/10: India’s security agencies are keeping a close watch along the Line of Control (LoC) as Pakistan reportedly rebuilds terrorist camps destroyed during Operation Sindoor in May. The developments highlight the continuing threat of militancy in Jammu and Kashmir, decades after the insurgency first erupted in 1989
New Delhi, 11/10: The investigation against the Kanchipuram-based manufacturer of Coldrif cough syrup, linked to the deaths of children in Madhya Pradesh, has brought to light lapses by the Tamil Nadu Food and Drug Administration in enforcing basic regulatory norms. Licensed in 2011 by the Tamil Nadu Food and Drug Administration (TNFDA), Sresan Pharma continued…
Patna, 11/10: Bihar BJP chief Dilip Jaiswal on Saturday said that the central leadership of the party will make important announcements regarding seat sharing with NDA constituents and tickets for the upcoming assembly polls on Sunday. Addressing a press conference here, the senior BJP leader dismissed speculations about rumblings of discontent among NDA constituents in…
Patna, 11/10: Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor said the Opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav would meet the same fate in Raghopur Assembly, an RJD bastion, just as it happened with Rahul Gandhi in Amethi from where he lost in 2019. PK, as Prashant is fondly known, sounded poll bugle on Saturday from Raghopur, the VVIP constituency…
Lucknow, 11/10: Afghanistan foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi was on Saturday accorded a rousing reception during his visit to the prestigious Islamic seminary Darul Uloom at Deoband in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur district, amid controversy over not allowing women journalist covering the event . The controversy, which was triggered by the Afghan embassy’s refusal to permit…
